High School Project:Kawasaki Powered Yamaha

[FST Performance]

Background: I work for a shop that works on motorcycles and also attend a technical high school taking a machining class. Last year I built a motorcycle and this year I wanted to do another project, and this is it. The plan for this project is for it to be completely student designed and built, with minimal teacher help.
One of the problems with doing this project in class is we only have 90 minutes to work everyday, so it will take a while to get stuff done.

Direction: it's a 1997 Yamaha G19 that we are going to put a Kawasaki KLR 650 engine in.
I'll get some pics this afternoon of it in its current state.

Colin

[bigkid]

When I was in high school I was able to take two classes back to back. But that was a very long time ago.

[EZGO 89 RED]

Making plans at home, then using them in school will make much better use of your time.

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[FST Performance]

Originally Posted by EZGO 89 RED

Making plans at home, then using them in school will make much better use of your time.

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That's what we're doing. I know how it's all gonna go, and get it drawn up at night so when 1:30 comes around I can get on the mill or CNC and make whatever we need to.

Colin

[FST Performance]

Originally Posted by bigkid

When I was in high school I was able to take two classes back to back. But that was a very long time ago.

That's pretty much what I'm doing. Taking a 90 minute class instead of two 50 minute ones. I'd love to take it twice a day, but you have to have English and history

Colin

[smokindawg]

Good luck to you on your build and in your classes.

I've been playing with machining after picking up my first lathe a couple years ago. Then I picked up a sherline mill and quickly learned that it worked well, but was too small to do any of the things I wanted to do with it. So I drove up to Grizzly Tools in Springfield MO. and picked up a bigger bench top mill. I then added a DRO.

So now if I need something made, I can do it myself, even if it takes me a little with my learning curve.

I'm enjoying it and am sure you are as well.

[EZGO 89 RED]

Originally Posted by FST Performance

That's pretty much what I'm doing. Taking a 90 minute class instead of two 50 minute ones. I'd love to take it twice a day, but you have to have English and history

Colin

I never did get why they made History and English required classes for 11th and 12th grade, instead of Math and Science. I exhausted my schools list of tech classes, and even took some of the metals classes again because I had no interest in any of the other classes.

You're lucky to have a CNC machine in your shop. That will make your build go a lot smoother.


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[FST Performance]

Originally Posted by smokindawg

Good luck to you on your build and in your classes.

I've been playing with machining after picking up my first lathe a couple years ago. Then I picked up a sherline mill and quickly learned that it worked well, but was too small to do any of the things I wanted to do with it. So I drove up to Grizzly Tools in Springfield MO. and picked up a bigger bench top mill. I then added a DRO.

So now if I need something made, I can do it myself, even if it takes me a little with my learning curve.

I'm enjoying it and am sure you are as well.

Being in the machine shop is pretty awesome. I love being able to take a big block of aluminum and being able to make anything with it.

Colun

[FST Performance]

Originally Posted by EZGO 89 RED

I never did get why they made History and English required classes for 11th and 12th grade, instead of Math and Science. I exhausted my schools list of tech classes, and even took some of the metals classes again because I had no interest in any of the other classes.

You're lucky to have a CNC machine in your shop. That will make your build go a lot smoother.


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I don't get it either I'm actually going to use the tech class more than Native American history. This is my second year taking machining an am planning on welding for my senior year.
Having the CNC VMC is a great advance for parts for motorcycles and golf carts. We just got a new Haas CNC lathe but we haven't figured it out yet.

Colun

[EZGO 89 RED]

Nice

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